This poet's book-length verse work In the Mecca describes a mother's search for her child whom we learn has been murdered in a Chicago ghetto. An "old yellow pair" lives out an impoverished life in the title poem from this author's third collection, "The Bean Eaters." The title female's life is described in three sections, including the middle part "The Anniad," in this woman's book-length poem Annie Allen, which made this author the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. Also the author of "A Street in Bronzeville," FTP name this poet perhaps best known for her short poem "We Real Cool."
This poet's book-length verse work In the Mecca describes a mother's search for her child whom we learn has been murdered in a Chicago ghetto. An "old yellow pair" lives out an impoverished life in the title poem from this author's third collection, "The Bean Eaters." The title female's life is described in three sections, including the middle part "The Anniad," in this woman's book-length poem Annie Allen, which made this author the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. Also the author of "A Street in Bronzeville," FTP name this poet perhaps best known for her short poem "We Real Cool."
This poet's book-length verse work In the Mecca describes a mother's search for her child whom we learn has been murdered in a Chicago ghetto.
Gwendolyn {Brooks}